Top Stories

Interview with Yacoub El Hillo, Humanitarian/Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative for UNDP for the Syrian Arab Republic.
Violence and suffering in Syria continue to escalate, with 12 million people currently displaced, nearly 440,000 besieged and more than 200,000 people killed since...

OCHA’s annual “World Humanitarian Data and Trends” 2014 Report has won first prize in the technical book category of the prestigious Washington Publisher's 2015 Book Design and Effectiveness Awards. This is the first award of its type for the organization and is a strong...

Two weeks after more than 8,000 people died from a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal, a new quake measuring 7.3 struck on 12 May, leaving at least another 37 people dead and 1,129 injured. At 12:50 local time, people rushed out of buildings as major tremors were felt across the country. The...

After two years in Somalia, Philippe Lazzarini, the UN Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, moves onto his next posting in Beirut, Lebanon. On the eve of his departure from Somalia, we sat down with him to get his insights about the future of a country that is trying to rebuild following two decades...